Intended Use; Therapy And Nursing Uses; Contraindications - Dräger Babytherm 8004 Instructions For Use Manual

Intended use

Babytherm 8004/8010 is an open care unit for
warming premature babies, neonates and infants
with a body weight of up to 8 kg.

Therapy and nursing uses

– In intensive care and obstetric units for
resuscitation
– Normal and intensive care
– For infant warming and compensation of heat
loss
– Thermal stability with mattress heating
– Gentle heat therapy with a combination of
radiant warmer and mattress heating
– Cooling patients with fever (temperature of
mattress below core temperature)
– Adjustable bed angle for head-up or head-down
position
– Weaning infants from incubators
– O and nebuliser therapy (with appropriate
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accessories)

Contraindications

– In patients suspected of malignant
hyperthermia.
Instructions for use Babytherm 8004/8010
The unit may be used in operating theaters,
neonatal wards, children's wards, obstetric units
and paediatric intensive care units. The unit may be
operated by clinical staff or by nursing staff under
the supervision of a doctor.
– Lowering the bilirubin levels when using the
phototherapy option.
WARNING
Risk of explosion and fire
This medical device is neither approved nor
certified for use in areas where oxygen
concentrations greater than 25 Vol%,
combustible or explosive gas mixtures are
likely to occur.
WARNING
Risk of device malfunctions and/or patient
injury and user injury
Magnetic fields can negatively influence the
correct functioning of the medical device and
therefore endanger the patient or user.
Do not use the medical device near nuclear
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI, NMR, NMI).
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